Rafael Jesus Soto
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Jesus Rafael Soto was a Venezuelan Op and Kinetic artist, sculptor and painter who passed away in Paris in 2005. Jesus Rafael Soto was famous or creating geometric abstract paintings. He carefully chose limited array of flat colors to complete his art. Jesus Rafael Soto also created Penetrables, interactive sculptures that had square, dangling tubes that viewers can walk through. He loved and studied the work of Piet Mondriaan, from which he learned Time, Space and Material. In all of Soto’s work those three elements are present. It’s very remarkable that Soto created often impressive and huge artworks with very little resources / materials. Less

Jesus Rafael Soto was a Venezuelan Op and Kinetic artist, sculptor and painter who passed away in Paris in 2005. Jesus Rafael Soto was famous or creating geometric abstract paintings. He carefully chose limited array of flat colors to complete his art. Jesus Rafael Soto also created Penetrables, interactive sculptures that had square, dangling tubes that viewers can walk through. He loved and studied the work of Piet Mondriaan, from which he learned Time, Space and Material. In all of Sotoâ More

Venezuela, 1923-2005 | male artist | Kinetic art | Op Art | Concrete art | Zero Movement | Share on Facebook and Twitter | www.jr-soto.com